Transcript: Health On The Hill – May 3, 2010
Some states have told the Department of Health and Human Services that they intend to establish their own high-risk health insurance pool while others have said they want the federal government to do it.
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Lobbyists Have Long Wish List For New Health Rules
Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups -- representing doctors, insurers, small businesses and others -- have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.
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Health Reform’s Medicaid Expansion, Payment Increase Causes Mixed Feelings For MDs
While doctors are worrying a lot about whether Congress will block the 21 percent scheduled cut in Medicare payments, a fix to another public health program is raising another question.
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What Health Care Reform Means for Main Street
Health care coverage differs among Americans, and many details of the health care reform bill are still unclear. To help clear up the confusion, The Fiscal Times recruited six volunteers representing different incomes, geographic areas, ages and lifestyles to look at how the bill will affect a variety of people.
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The First Test Of New Health Law: Covering Hard-To-Insure People
In a test of the Obama administration's ability to smoothly implement the sweeping health care overhaul law, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have just 90 days to launch an insurance program for people who can't get private coverage because of health problems.
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The Changing Status Quo On Federal Abortion Funding
Mr. Stupak and his allies have threatened to deny health insurance expansion to millions of Americans all because the legislation does not go far enough in restricting abortion rights. Even without getting his amendment into the final bill, however, he has made large gains in achieving his agenda.
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Which Medicare Plans Broke Rules?
Six Medicare Advantage plans that have been in trouble in the past are still breaking marketing rules in ways that place beneficiaries at risk. Some of their earlier violations included tricking beneficiaries into signing up for the wrong plan and sometimes even enrolling them without their knowledge.
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Opinion Column
ObamaCare, Abortion and the Reagan Democrats
Roughly a dozen members of Congress have insisted they won't vote for any measure that provides public subsidies for abortion beyond those allowed by the Hyde Amendment. This isn't surprising. For decades Midwestern Democrats in Congress have generally been economic liberals and social conservatives.
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True or False: Seven Concerns About The New Health Law
The bill signed by President Obama is long and technical, so it's no wonder that consumers are confused. KHN staff writers check out several key concerns.
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Health Bill Opponents Mount Full-Court Press
Lawmakers are under intense pressure in the health care debate. The president is hitting the road to reassure nervous House members and shore up support for his plan. Republicans are taking their opposition to the bill directly to the voters, too.
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How Blue Cross Became Part Of A Dysfunctional Health Care System
If the Democrats get their way, Blue Cross companies will have to change their business model, so that they act a bit more like the Blue Cross plans of old--the ones that helped schoolteachers, not stockholders.
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Parity Law Expands Mental Health Access
Many patients seeking mental health treatments, such as Denise Camp of Baltimore, have been forced to pick up a bigger share of the cost than they do with other medical bills. But a law that went into effect Jan. 1 prohibits such double standards.
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For Senior Care, Sometimes It Does Take A Village
Nearly three years ago, Harry Rosenberg and his wife, Barbara Filner, met with nine of their neighbors about starting an aging-in-place "village" in Bethesda, Maryland. The idea: If neighbors could help one another with basic services such as transportation and simple home maintenance and with friendly visits, people could stay in their homes longer as they aged.
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Transcript: President Obama At Health Reform Bill Signing Ceremony
The White House released this transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the signing of the health reform bill.
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Escaping To England To Find Treatment She Can Afford
Recently diagnosed with breast cancer and no longer covered by her school's health insurance, Erica Rex married and moved to England in order to get the care she needed.
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Florida Officials Say They Will Resist Some Requirements In Health Overhaul
Florida's Republican attorney general opposes the individual mandate and a state insurance official says significant changes in state laws would be needed to meet federal requirements if overhaul passes.
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For Black Women, Breast Cancer Strikes Younger
Many African-American women don't fit the profile of the average American woman who gets breast cancer. For them, putting off the first mammogram until 50 - as recommended by a government task force - could put their life in danger.
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Mammogram Controversy: ‘Politics Is Always Intruding Into The World Of Breast Cancer’
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on mammography have generated a firestorm of outrage, concern and political repercussions. This is not the first time that breast cancer has become a big political issue, according to Dr. Barron Lerner.
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – November 16
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and other experts discuss recent and upcoming activities on the Hill -- part of a weekly series of video reports.
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